TLD 25 Question - The Hull Truth

bigbender · 05-06-2008, 06:35 AM

What is the easiest way to keep line from building up in the center of the reel?

jhendric · 05-06-2008, 06:47 AM

Move the line back and forth across the spool with your thumb as you reel in.

Parapapam · 05-06-2008, 06:57 AM

Sorry Bender, the thumb trick mentioned above is really the only way...

It does get to be second nature after a while. I don't even think about it anymore....

Mike

bigbender · 05-07-2008, 06:28 AM

Thanks guys, I am an inshore fishing convert, trying to get away from the level wind mentality.

Ludicrous · 05-07-2008, 07:14 AM

Next time out using the TLD25...pay all the line out behind a slow trolling boat. Then reel it in using the thumb method. Two or three times reeling in 300+ yards and you'll have it down.

jhendric · 05-07-2008, 07:55 AM

By the way, I believe the the reason that big offshore reels don't have levelwinds is that, in the past anyway, they were prone to failure when big fast striking fish hit.

When I was a kid I used to kingfish off the piers with a Penn 309 levelwind...while that never failed, the reel actually comes with a spare "pawl" screwed into the sideplate...the pawl being the part that fails...